The IT Crowd - Jen translates Italian

[@crazynighthawk]

As others have pointed out, this guy is NOT from Italy. That explains why he struggles to understand Jen's perfect Italian.

[@bubblespongebob7409]

lmao....

[@kikko77]

what do you mean he struggles to understand? the subtitles are totally messed up. he understood everything, he's just mental

[@SundaraRamanR]

Can't imagine anyone else in her role, Katherine is just amazing.

[@dtvfan24]

love it.

[@ModeratelyAmused]

They're doing a movie version of the show. They are currently auditioning only trans-women of color to play the part. They don't want the movie version to see old and out-dated.

[@dabble778]

@@ModeratelyAmused owwww my sidesssssss !!!! (in a Denholm voice)

[@Charizarzar]

@@ModeratelyAmused Boring joke

[@adroharv9213]

the only female that makes me truly laugh out loud. A rare talent for sure

[@RFC3514]

The "Italian" guy speaks slightly worse Italian than Jen.

[@RFC3514]

If descent (ascent, in this case) meant anything, nearly everyone in Europe would be able to speak fluent Latin and Greek. He may have an Italian _surname,_ but he clearly can't speak the language. It's not just the comically bad accent, he's clueless about Italian grammar (even Google Translate would have done a better job).

[@vanpallandt5799]

Surely the joke ..or rather irony is that the producers behaved exactly like typical Brits in assuming that he could speak Italian because of his name..same as i know British Chinese who cant speak hardly a word of Mandarin/Cantonese bar basics but ppl assume they must

[@RFC-3514]

@@vanpallandt5799 - Well, maybe they assumed it, or maybe he told them he could, to get the part (and they didn't bother to ask anyone else to check). Actors frequently list things in their CV (singing, dancing, riding horses, doing accents, etc.) that they've never even _tried_ to do.

[@vanpallandt5799]

@@RFC-3514 yes..there is an irony there..but so many Brits seem to have no ability to thing laterally etc on language that quite likely wasnt picked up. Things like signage seems to confuse ppl etc

[@vanpallandt5799]

Who was that to?

[@saxbend]

His Italian pronunciation is so English it's funnier than her.

[@redwoods7370]

Ha ha ha!!! Thank you!

[@s.leochapman417]

Totally. Ruins the supposed joke. Couldn't have been too hard to find a real Italian?

[@melodyconte]

@@s.leochapman417 All Italians have better things to do with their time than represent themselves in pop culture

[@dastardlycrook6443]

Yup... except for all those Italians who have represented themselves in pop culture.... :/

[@dfromdub]

The main problem is that he's butchering the grammar in a way that half sentences make almost no sense in italian, the english accent is just the cherry on top. I'm sure that actor got the part by pretending he knew italian just like Jen does in this episode :)

[@basedbattledroid3507]

"Never contact me again... coz I'm mental."

[@RoughThief]

Gonna use this line next time I quit one of my shitty jobs.

[@photogeen]

Bella bella, arangella

[@sexobscura]

super mario

[@CyrilViXP]

@@sexobscuraSophia Loren

[@plantreviewsuk1204]

I am Italian and actually find more difficult to understand the "Italian" guy than Jen lol

[@dorsetdawn2652]

LOL the guy trying to speak Italian is the funnest part of this!

[@plantreviewsuk1204]

@@dorsetdawn2652 and the most incomprehensible one as well :D

[@BarugoSama]

it feels like the guy is an English speaking italian, and her voice is a voice over of an italian woman speaking italian+english+ jiberish :P

[@plantreviewsuk1204]

@@BarugoSamatrue lol

[@AdmiralBison]

If they had a native Italian speaker play the role, they would probably crack up laughing too much to do the scene.

[@JMDAmigaMusic]

Kidding me? That would be too realistic, but at least is in line with the dialog and not gibberish

[@yastafel]

That "...for how long?" crack me up

[@michaelgraflmusic]

I just love how Jen tries to wing it, never giving up or succumbing to panic. She's like a modern day Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

[@DaveWuzHere]

I'm going to stand up and talk slightly louder!

[@Amadeus-ms9lt]

That guy is as Italian as deep pan meatlovers pizza.

[@jrmetmoi]

Amadeus190890 that pizza is truly Italian - it's origins were found in Ancient Rome

[@RFC3514]

@JimboParadox - Are you his agent? The (so-bad-it's-almost-comical) accent isn't even the main problem. His grammar is all over the place; even Google Translate would do a better job.

[@TheLambLive]

With pineapple.

[@Amadeus-ms9lt]

@@TheLambLive Oh God you're so right!

[@vijayschongau]

Jen's Italian and Joey's French are made for each other!

[@dorsetdawn2652]

My wife is Italian and my son is bi-lingual they laughed really hard at this but not at Jen but the guys attempt to speak Italian! If you speak Italian this scene is so funny on many levels, one because the guys Italian is almost worse than Jens!!

[@JHaras]

I withdrew the like for “almost” worse 😅

[@mymo82]

Yeah, but that's okay, it happens in Italian movies too where Italian actors pretend to be foreigners

[@fivizzano]

Not a single Italian phrase was harmed or used during the filming.....

[@jenergomes]

By the comments, it seems they were harmed and weren't used...

[@Alex_Gordon]

not harmed, more like butchered

[@dystopian_1]

Bonasera!

[@invwsibleman]

“never contact me again.....because i’m mental” thats so funny LMAOOO

[@fabrizioalonzi4122]

I am italian and I can confirm that this meeting is a mix of English, Hindi and ancient Etruscan.

[@NMA_NoMoreAmmo]

I'm pretty sure it is exactly how corporate world works.

[@MHTutorials3D]

Yep

[@Entropy3ko]

Jen mock Italian sounds more italian than the bad Italian from the guy who is supposed to play the Italian guy.

[@thumbsdownbandit]

She's still speaking better Italian than the guy.

[@SDayle]

@MichaelKingsfordGray OP is right. So why the hate?

[@tomvyt956]

Is it me, or is jen's italian accent whilst mumbling nonesense actually better than that of the "italian" guy

[@thewormz]

Do you have any idea what she’s saying? I don’t know Italian :O

[@tomvyt956]

@@thewormz she's just saying gibberish with a few italianised english words in between

[@thewormz]

@@tomvyt956 ohhh thank you!! :)

[@piergiorgioscollo7163]

Yep, the "Italian" guy's Italian is shit. Both his pronunciation and his grammar. I couldn't even understand what he was saying at the end of the clip without reading the English subtitles, and I'm Italian.

[@SporkSlayer]

To be fair, Jen did say that she's good at sounding like she's speaking Italian.

[@TheJohnnyblaze4ever]

"Bastardi" I love this so much. Jen and reynholm is amazing. So freaking funny.

[@ComeJesusChrist]

This was written so skilfully and executed perfectly, such good acting!

[@Phi1618033]

That guy's Italian accent sounds like it's from the northern part of the country, maybe Sheffield.

[@kearingreen4693]

She’s brilliant 😂😂

[@gringomoderfoquer8287]

0:02 Super Mario

[@commanderkeen3787]

Her translation at 1:01 always makes me laugh out loud

[@anthonybanderas9930]

Sounds Indian to me

[@BDUBZ49]

Wow, that was wonderfully written and performed. Also, Katherine looks really cute with bangs.

[@keenbaker-dias1137]

Shes amazing

[@kathymichael7224]

"Bella bella oranjella."

[@Notpastourprime]

Classic! Absolutely brillant

[@joeclarke123]

The improvisation is absolutely amazing.

[@eleonoradeane5170]

The actor playing Bernatelli is of Italian descent but clearly does not speak the language. Jen has no Italian to speak of. Overall hysterically funny. I did cringe a bit though but I forgive them.

[@RFC-3514]

Jen isn't supposed to speak Italian, that's the whole point. But the other guy is supposed to be fluent, and he sounds worse than her. It's not just the accent, anyway; his grammar is also messed up. I think they just gave him the lines in English and asked him to translate, trusting that he was fluent because he had an Italian surname. Reminds me of when John Leguizamo was cast in Spanish-language film, and they found he couldn't actually speak Spanish. At least on that one they noticed it in time and hired a dialogue coach.

[@salmiakki5638]

The actor probably got the job as Jen did

[@claudioperotti9439]

@@RFC-3514 he actually speaks properly italian

[@FirstnameLastname-py3bc]

Hello Elly, can we speak on the FB? Lol never spoke with italien

[@RFC-3514]

@@claudioperotti9439 - Only if you redefine the word "properly".

[@JaxonHaze]

I just noticed at the beginning she says, “Super Mario.”

[@omar24791]

This show is a rare gem

[@Zamolxes77]

She speaks italian with same accent as Peter Griffin !

[@minicle426]

Came to enjoy this scene. Stayed to see people moaning about the guy's 'Etalean'.

[@leodenardus6595]

She's speaking the language of gods (That's exactly how italian gods speak)

[@jackfitzpatrick8173]

She's gorgeous...and funny.

[@snazy7777]

How can she keep a straight face? Its unbelievable

[@frozengamer3030]

I wish it was moss who translated it

[@kxmode]

Jen is obviously speaking Plumber's Italian.

[@francescab.4920]

His italian is awful

[@hvf26]

not as bad as hers

[@expressrobkill]

hers is really good i understood it perfectly and i'm english.

[@fragglet]

He sounds like an English guy who has done two weeks of Italian

[@denizkayra]

Agreed. Not a native speaker apparently.

[@Otto489968]

Francesca B. Even the subtitles are wrong.

[@slayermate07]

i am more offended at the "italian" than jen

[@Entropy3ko]

Well as someone who speak Italian, the Italian guy just sounds so bad... XD

[@nakkadu]

Offended?......wow that's taking sensitivity to a whole new level!

[@pamsciambarella2284]

Lol same here!

[@lukaku20wba]

Hes clearly english

[@kickpublishing]

Yes, its called acting - note this is NOT a documentary

[@RealityCheck6T9]

It's necessary to act Italian because there are no actual Italians in the world

[@eggcluck]

@Realitycheck , Yea because Italian actors are found on every street corner willy nilly everywhere outside Italy. Pull your head out.

[@djpeekay25]

Wasn’t he in Grange Hill?

[@det.bullock4461]

​@@eggcluck They could also phone one of the many Italian dubbing studios and have them overdub the dialogue.

[@furatal-samaraie3884]

I was going to say something about the Italian pronunciation, before I remembered that his Italian is heaps better than mine.

[@lucaandreacolombo2710]

Why they never use an Italian actor??? The guy is Italian like I am from Saturn suburbia

[@RFC-3514]

@JimboParadox Why "so of course"...? You think someone born in England can't learn to speak fluent Italian? The producers probably thought that, because he had an Italian surname, he could actually speak Italian (and just gave him the lines in English, for him to translate). They were very wrong.

[@dabble778]

That's TV. How many times have you wondered why a UK show uses an American trying to do an English accent? Or an English women pretending she's an Australian?

[@vanpallandt5799]

@@RFC-3514 fluent but rare for someone to ever lose their accent

[@RFC-3514]

@@vanpallandt5799 - Well, most people learn foreign languages from non-native teachers (many of whom aren't really fluent because they only speak it in class), so they learn it with a dodgy accent to begin with. But if you learn it from (and speak it regularly with) native speakers, there's no reason why you can't acquire their accent (which might be just one of many common accents in that language, of course). And you don't really have to _lose_ an accent to be able to do others, of course. Plenty of people born in Scotland _can_ speak English with an RP accent. They just choose not to. ;-)

[@vanpallandt5799]

@@RFC-3514 i have to say that having lived in South America for 5 years, i am not convinced. Brits esp struggle to lose accent/pick up local as do the likes of French and Germans (most of whom in English even if fluent always sound French or German). Brits who learn Spanish in Spain do speak depending on where lived with that zzzz typical of Madrid etc but they still too sound like Brits

[@mattmoreira210]

"Bella, bella, arrangella!" 😂

[@djizzah]

Funny how much more attractive she looks when she speaks italian

[@MaverickChristian]

I forgot how hilarious this show was! 🤣🤣🤣

[@BushCampingTools]

How they could do this without cracking up!

[@RisingEdge111]

I'm guessing they had to do many takes.

[@arbataxiansoul]

better den evera!

[@supriyasalian3241]

Just this confidence I want .❣️

[@lauratomaselli5442]

Just literally get any of the italian people workin in London in the food industry to play a five minute part.

[@pschroeter1]

Bizarre coincidence. The voice of the boss sounded very familiar to me and then I realized he (Matt Berry) was the voice of Mr. Deadly from the episode of Archer 1999 I watched last night. Can you say "please detonate?"

[@Landofnothing]

"Hopefully we can join forces and plow our way through these uncertain TIMES" "And for God's sake get a shower!"

[@basedbattledroid3507]

Supermario.

[@It4int0ver]

Italian? Without spaghetti, spaghetti, tortellini?!

[@RealityCheck6T9]

Hopefullyjoinaforcere, ploughuncertaintima

[@KakarotOwns]

That Italian 😂

[@Taglie84]

To be honest, in this video nobody is speaking italian

[@Boshek2019]

Try to watch it without the subtitle and you would actually think Jen is doing a really good job

[@mariocasinetti158]

as an italian he sounds terribly funny

[@jan_phd]

The ballerina in the painting, is naked.

[@wisteela]

Her fake Italian is great.

[@matrix91234]

Did you know italian websites ends with "it"

[@bellissimo4520]

1:14 - Love how the boss has this kind of sexy ballerina picture hanging in his office...

[@KaushikAdhikari]

RIP UCL winning Juventus captain Gianluca Vialli 🩶🖤 Jen mentioned him in an earlier part

[@censusgary]

Jen speaks Italian about the way I speak Mongolian.

[@nunyabiz2016]

JEN IS CUTE CUTE

[@diegofloor]

I'm sure that can be arranged: bella bella arangela.

[@anibaldk]

I understand HER more than HIM.

[@giuseppecorleonenguyen6037]

3 days with duelingo be like

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Later one of these actors will be a vampire.

[@evm6177]

Ya Lynda, go get a shower! 🍷😆

[@lisajay4737]

Love it

[@brunodarrigo2135]

A tutti piace l'odore dei gatti

[@Davidsenzacoloranti]

this is hilarious... but as many pointed out already, the "Italian's" Italian is only slightly more Italian the Jen's.

[@asamicat8323]

"Insultato in giro" è il top

[@nthgth]

I'd love a breakdown of just how good or bad each Italian line actually is, by the supposedly Italian character

[@jackkraken3888]

Lol Jen was a better translator that the death translator for Nelson Mandela.

[@suborno9249]

Her italian is mixed with partly english partly italian partly southindian

[@kasperjoonatan6014]

I can see Jen as the new scorchio girl

[@bfkc111]

Italians have to admit, it's all their fault.

[@alfan0079]

her last language turns into finland

[@ozman8247]

i think their was a mixture of indian somewhere in the middle haha

[@blofeld2430]

Jen managed to destroy two mergers are wasn't fired.

[@AndreUlf]

Please someone find me a italian translator for the “italian” part

[@JeanJuliusVernal]

what is going on at 80 seconds for how long

[@DenisCarbonaro]

Unfortunately for me (and a few others here leaving similar comments) I'm Italian and I'm so disappointed that the actor meant to be Italian is anything but Italian. It's still funny, but how annoying his fake Italian is.

[@StefanoBorini]

no no, it's perfect this way. It feels just surreal for both us and them, which is exactly the feeling the sketch wants to deliver.

[@kasperjoonatan6014]

103 linguists did not like this video.

[@piergiorgioscollo7163]

The Italian was clearly Google Translated.

[@giuseppecorleonenguyen6037]

She spoke with Spanish accent

[@Bokaj01]

'...delle felle belleh..mm biggah than everaahh..'

[@ellepi1566]

It sound as a mixture of indian and swedish

[@tigerfeet2813]

Was bernotelli not in Grange Hill? 🤣

[@bmo14lax]

I gota watch this lmao

[@mikebe2090]

Who cares it's still funny 😂😂😂

[@nikw94]

she would get along with Joey from Friends lol

[@ellevehaler1758]

The funny thing is, Italian is similar to English sometimes because both borrowed a lot from Latin. That’s why learning Romance languages is slightly easier if you know English. Some words sound almost identical. I think they should be able to figure out Jen is pretending easily, which seems to be a part of the joke. I don’t really know Italian, but the way Jen pronounces things seems great. I’m sure she’d be really good at picking up languages. Didn’t she know a bit of German too (“ICH.BIN.EIN.NERD” and “yeah, nothing sounds more romantic than wine and schweinefleisch”)?